Friday, August 19, 2016

Cover Art Contest! And YOU'RE Invited!

It has been a really, really long time since I've done one of these cover art contests. 2014 was the last one.

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Cover Design by James, GoOnWrite.com

And that would largely be because I bought so many covers when we did that last one. But anyway, I've got some new projects coming up, and while most of them do have the cover art already designed, a number of them are without art.

So I'm going to be put up a couple of cover art challenges in the posts that follow/precede this one.

Here's what you need to know.

The deadline is September 22.

It's more challenging this time because in most cases you're being asked to match the style and feel of existing covers.

The technical stuff. The covers must be vertical (rectangle-shaped) and must be a minimum width of 1,400 pixels. Recommended size is approximately 1,600 pixels wide by 2,400 pixels tall. JPEG (JPEG / JPG) or TIFF (TIF / TIFF) ONLY.

I will pay $75.00 a piece for the winning cover (not including the price of any photos that must be purchased) and the artist of course gets a cover credit inside the book.

The photos can be submitted to the contest with the watermark.

****Because I have an existing account at Shutterstock, I would prefer that you choose from their library, but I'm not going to make that a hard and fast rule if someone comes up with a really amazing image for a winning cover. ***

Your work will be posted on this blog site and then readers and other interested parties will vote for their choice for the final cover over the next week (I need this all finished up by the end of September) HOWEVER THE FINAL VOTE IS MINE. And I can be picky and eccentric as regular viewers know.

If you have any other questions, go ahead and in the comment section below.

8 comments:

I find it interesting you used the words "picky" and "eccentric" to describe what you like. Both might be true, but you are a fantastically easy client to work with. You are concise describing what you are looking for and that makes the job so much easier. Having worked with the opposite, you've been one of my favs hands down.

:-D The thing is I do occasionally come up with eccentric ideas for cover art (as *cough* some of my regular cover artists THOUGH NOT YOU PLEASE will agree?) And I have been known to go against the will of the people. Pretty frequently, in fact.

This is going to be so much fun! It's so cool to see what kind of ideas everyone comes up with. It was a lively, productive event last time and I'm sure it will be this time, too. I'm really looking forward to seeing all the creative, different approaches!

And hey, you're entitled to be as picky as you like. ;-) It's your art. You're the one who knows best what kind of wrapping you're looking for your stories.

Also, I second what Catherine said — you're the best boss I've ever had. :-D

I love when you have these contests! Thank you! I was wondering if there was a secondary title for the Christmas story? For instance, with Bite Club you have The XOXO Files. With all other Adrien English titles you have The Adrien English Mysteries added. I was wondering if you wanted that secondary title on this Christmas story as well?

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Josh Lanyon is the author of over sixty titles of classic Male/Male fiction featuring twisty mystery, kickass adventure and unapologetic man-on-man romance.
Her work has been translated into eleven languages. The FBI thriller Fair Game was the first male/male title to be published by Harlequin Mondadori, the largest romance publisher in Italy. Stranger on the Shore (Harper Collins Italia) was the first M/M title to be published in print. In 2016 Fatal Shadows placed #5 in Japan's annual Boy Love novel list (the first and only title by a foreign author to place on the list). The Adrien English Series was awarded All Time Favorite Male Male Couple in the 2nd Annual contest held by the 20,000+ Goodreads M/M Group. Josh is an Eppie Award winner, a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist (twice for Gay Mystery), and the first ever recipient of the Goodreads Favorite M/M Author Lifetime Achievement award.